What the...?

So, here’s a story:

Hayes was invited to a school birthday party for a classmate. The party is being held at school during school hours. {You may already be thinking what I was thinking: Why the invite? Well, there’s more}.

The invitation, sent home Friday, also announced that each child should come to school on Monday dressed in his best pirate costume. Yikes! A costume and a stipulation that it be the best. Can I scream now? YO! It’s March—not Halloween costume season. Am I crazy to assume that I’m supposed to get all artsy-craftsy and actually make something? And are they crazy to assume that I’m really going to get all artsy-craftsy and actually make something? Because there’s just no way last-minute-artsy-craftsy is happening around here. Ever.

I do feel kind of bad that Hayes may be the only kid not dressed for the occasion—and with no better excuse than that I refuse to participate in poor party planning. But I can only hope that all the other parents who read the invite will join me in my small rebellion.